#Mental

I receive some thoughtful emails from readers, which I greatly appreciate. There are some that are ignorant of course.Today, a person questioned why my story on student mental health was
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How about we address the issue of trivialisation and romanticising of mental illnesses WITHOUT invalidating others' struggles, huh? By being dismissive of their feelings, you contribute to this trivialisation. No
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Just a little positive story: had to fill out the GAD7 & PHQ (Hospital Anxiety & Depression) scores. For an appointment. I explained the the PHQ gives an over-inflated depression
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Our advice on how to cope if you’re feeling anxious about coronavirus. Here you can find more advice and information.https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/looking-after-yourself/coronavirus-and-mental-health/
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There’s no doubt that suicide risk is at an all-time high right now. However, it’s ignorant to say that the pandemic has caused a mental health crisis. We have been
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Self care is peddled by big business. They tell us that the way to happiness is by buying their products instead of challenging the things that pull down our mental
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A lot of people talking about mental health. Some people - “everyone talk about your mental health to people” automatic reaction from most people. Oh so and so is moaning
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“mental health” activism needs to decenter depression & anxiety and center schizophrenic people, obsessive compulsive people, & people w personality disorders quotations bc i have a bone to pick w
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Any agenda to support children and young adults' mental health must take a population health approach, write @dymbartlett and @stratford_b in their own proposal. That means following 6 principles. https://www.childtrends.org/publication
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If a therapist or service isn’t clicking, that’s okay. It’s a totally normal and important part of the process. Each of us will have a different experience with mental health
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Academics, please stop using the terminology of mental health if what you mean is stress levels. I recognise this is complex and I'll try to explain it clearly. That discourse
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[thread] I'm going to briefly explain my issue with saying there's a "mental health crisis" in this pandemic. Psychology talk is often a convenient means of sucking out the politics
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An off-the-cuff question from a colleague that has been niggling at me.Are those in Quality roles more likely to suffer mental health issues than Software Engineering roles in general?Thread.... 1/x
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The govt are using hollow rhetoric of 'mental health' to encourage unis to continue with f2f teaching, & uni management (at least in some cases) require concerns wrt catching covid-19
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12/11/20 MENTAL HEALTH RISKS FOR LIGHTWORKERS: HELPING EMPATH, OR CODEPENDENT? This is the second message of the day, meant to follow up on our discussion of several weeks ago about
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Speaking as both a danmei fan and a mental health professional, I think fandom tends to pathologize kinks way too much. Perhaps it's because a majority of fandom is so
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